Ex-Deputy Assistant Sec. of State Rubin Says Pressure of Kim-Trump Meeting Was Too Much

Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Joel Rubin discusses the cancelled summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. He speaks with Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu and Abigail Doolittle on "Bloomberg Markets."Read more ...

North Korea said it was surprised by President Donald Trump's decision to cancel a June 12 summit with Kim Jong Un and that the country remains willing to meet with the U.S. any time.Read more ...

Terry Haines, Evercore ISI analyst, insists that President Donald Trump's move is a negotiating tactic and doesn't necessarily mean that we won't see a meeting between the U.S. and North Korea. He speaks with Bloomberg's Vonnie Quinn on "Bloomberg Markets."Read more ...

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., the top democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, about President Trump cancelling the summit with North Korea.Read more ...

N.Y. lawmakers split on Trump's role in demise of North Korea summit

WASHINGTON - New York lawmakers were mixed in their views of the demise of what would have been a historic summit meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, with Republicans calling it a bump in the road and Democrats blaming lack of preparation.
“I am disappointed,” said Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. “I thought if President Trump could bring the parties together, that would be a good thing for the world and I wanted that to succeed.”
The president announced his decision Thursday to back away from the June 12 summit, saying "tremendous anger and open hostility" by North Korea had forced...Read more ...

The president was caught between Pompeo and Bolton, say multiple officials.Read more ...

Donald Trump-Kim Jong Un: Did John Bolton Blow Up the North Korea Summit On Purpose?

Pyongyang's rhetoric went ballistic after comments by National Security Adviser Bolton and Vice President Pence, prompting the announcement that the historic U.S.-North Korea summit was off-at least for now.Read more ...

Trump made the right call to cancel the North Korea summit

Looks like President Trump just called Kim Jong-un's bluff. Trump on Thursday abruptly called off next month's scheduled historic summit in Singapore, calling it “inappropriate” in the face of the North Korean leader's “tremendous anger and open hostility.” Earlier in the week, North Korea, apparently convinced that Trump is preoccupied with winning a Nobel Peace...Read more ...

The nuclear disarmamant meeting between Trump and Kim Jong Un crumbled nearly as quickly as it came together.Read more ...

'We waited and waited': White House says North Korea skipped out on preparation meetings before Trump-Kim summit was canceled

The scuttled summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was partly based on North Korea's "trail of broken promises," according to a White House official.
The White House official noted that North Korea had backed off from a planned meeting with US officials, without prior notice.
US officials reportedly said they "waited and waited and the North Koreans never showed up."
President Donald Trump's seemingly sudden reversal on a planned summit with North Korea took some world leaders by surprise, but the White House insists it's North Korea's fault.
"There has...Read more ...